ML20005B776
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The Comissioners From:
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Centents Enclosure
.e Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Inspection and Enforcement D
Nuclear Regulatory Research E
Executive Legal Director F
s International Programs G
State Programs H
Management and Program Analysis I*
Controller J*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K*
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*
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SUMMARY
OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending August 21, 1981 NUREG-0799 The NRC recently issued NUREG-0799, " Draft Criteria for Preparation of f
Emergency Operating Procedures," for public coment.
- y US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement The IAEA conducted safeguards inspections at the Trojan Nuclear Plant,
.,3 the Exxon Fuel Fabrication Plant, and the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station.
Surveillance cameras were installed at both reactor sites. At Exxon, the IAEA verified nuclear material flows and performed a records
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Exxon Nuclear Corporation's Negative Declaration On August 19, 1981, a Negative Declaration was published in the Federal Register ralative to the Environmental Impact associated with Exxon Nuclear Corporation's application for renewal of their special nuclear material license.
This will allow the staff to go forward and issue a full term yd renewal of the Exxon license.
La Crosse BWR On August 19, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order directing the consolidation of two proceedingt: the proceeding involving the application for a full-term operating license and the show cause proceeding ordered by the Comission with respect to site dewatering and seismic issues.
State of Washington On August 19, 1981, the Comission received a proposal from Governor Spellman i
of Washington for the State to enter into an amended agreement with the NRC whereby the NRC would relinquish and the State would assume regulatory authority over uranium and thorium tailings pursuant to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978, as amended.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending August 21, 1981
.A_DMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF RE00ESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 380 11 Granted 278 2
Denied 56 7
Pending 46 2
ACTIONS THIS WEEK
,, Received David G. Hunt, Requests copies of the quality assurance program Amersham packages supplied by the Nuclear Sources and Service, (81-324)
Inc. of Houston, Texas and Monsanto Research Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.
Charles W. Elliott, Requests a copy of the " Reed Report" and its related Thomas and Hair Sub-Task Force Reports.
(81-325)
Frank B. Jewett, Jr.,
Requests a copy of IE Bulletin 80-24 and all Technical Audit '
responses to this bulletin. -
Associates, Inc.
(81-326)
(NRC employee)
Requests a copy of the Candidate Evaluation, (81-327)
Certification and Selection Record for Vacancy Announcement 81-4038.
Robert W. Frantz, Requests four categories of documents regarding Hamel, Park, McCabe the Technical Criteria contained in Appendix A to
& Saunders 10 CFR Part 40.
(81-328)
(NRC employee)
Requests specific information regarding the selection (81-329) of three Vacancy Announcements.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd NTEU Steward Requests, on behalf of an NRC employee, a copy (81-330)
.of the Candidate Evaluation, Certification and Selection Record for Vacancy Announcement 81-3101 and documents used as the basis for the selection of the two candidates.
Peter J. Gallagher Requests documents regarding the radioactive debris (81-331) from Russia's Cosmos 954 satellite that disintegrated over Canadian territory in January 1978; releasable data on storage, stockpiling and ta s of nuclear e
weapons and systems; and copies of NRC Fact Sheets.
NTEU Steward Requests specific information on the selection of (81-332)
Vacancy Announcement 81-2231.
Lynn'Connor, Requests specific information from May, 1981 ACRS Doc-Search Associates transcripts.
(81-333)
Lpnn Connor, Requests a copy of SECY-81-338.
Doc-Search Associates (81-334)
Lynn Connor, Requests documents indicating the status of TMI-2 Doc-Search Associates Requirements Tracking Program.
(81-335)
Lynn Connor, Requests information on the operating experience for Doc-Search Associates KORI I and II.
(81-336)
Ben L. Kaufman, Requests a copy of the August 7,1981 report from the The Cincinnati Enquirer Office of Inspector and Auditor on "The Adequacy of (81-337)
I&E Investigation of the Zimer Nuclear Power Station."
Joanne Dann, Requests a copy of audit reports, " Improvements McGraw-Hill Needed in Coordinating the Development of Related Publications Company Rules," " Audit of the Implementation of NRR-Related (81-338)
TMI Lessons Learned Concerning Utility Personnel Licensing and Training," " Review of the Status of NRC's Training Program for Resident Inspectors,"
" Review of Contract NRC-10-78-580 Awarded to TERA Advanced Services Corporation for the Implementation and Operation of NRC's Document Control System,"
" Observations Resulting from a Survey of the Division of Technical Information and Document Control," and "NRC's Implementation of the TMI Action Plan."
ENCLOSURE A
3 Granted Robert Matisoff, In response to a request for documents which relate O'Donoghue & 0'Donoghue to the funcF.cn or purpose which the box beams 6re (81-263)
' designed to serve at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, made available one-document.
Peter C. Hearn, In response to a request for information relating to Vice President, the moving of all or a portion of the NRC Bethesda NTEU offices into building space in Northwest Washington, (81-31 6)
DC, made available 19 documents.
Informed the requester two additional documents subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Marvin Resnikoff, In response to a request for listed inspection i
Council on Economic reports and reports from licensees, informed the Priorities requester these records are already available at
($1-321) the PDR.
Nancy C. Constanza In response to a request for information concerning (81-322) the possibility of construction of a nuclear power plant in Harford County, Maryland, informed the requester the NRC is not aware of any plans by Baltimore Gas and Electric to construct a plant in Harford County.
Denied Thomas J. Madden, In response to a request for 30 categories of Kaye, Scholer, documents pertaining to NUREG-0660, "NRC Action Plan,"
Fierman, Hays &
made available over 1,000 documents consisting of Handler over 14,000 pages.
Denied portions of two documents (80-555) containing advice, opinions aad recomendations of the staff.
Denied portions of eight documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Denied 32 documents in their entirety containing advice,'
opinions and reconnendations of the staff.
Informed the requester additional documents subject to this request tre already available at the PDR.
Sanford L. Hartman, In response to a request for eight categories of Debevoise & Liberman documents regardi.ng the Commission's May 23, 1980 (81-141)
Memorandum and Order, CLI-80-21, made available nine documents.
Denied six documents in their entirety containing advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff.
ENCLOSURE A
4 Denied, Cont'd (An individual requesting In response to a request for information concerning information about himself)
.his Reactor Operator and Senior Reactor Operator (81-306)
License written examinations, denied the examinations until both written and oral sections have been administered and graded.
These records relate solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the NRC.
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S DfV!S!0N OF CONTRACTS Week Endino Auoust 22, 1901 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
F.fP RS-RES-31-173 Title - Long Term Performance of Materials Used for high-LevelcWaste Packaging.
Description - Tne objective of this project is to develop a validated method for predicting the long term (es1000 years) behavior of waste packages emplaced in different geclogic media under consideration by DOE.
Period of Performance - 5 years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - RFP closed 3/10/81.
Proposals under evaluation.
CONTRACTS AWARDED 1.
URC-02-81-066 Title - Method of Characteristics (MDC) Transport flodel Mcdification and Training Course.
Description - Modification of MOC transport model, development of manual, and subsequent training of NRC staff as a result thereof.
Period of Performance - 7 weeks Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Firm-Fixed Price Contract No. NRC-02-31-066 awarded to Ertec Uestern, Inc. in the amount of $19,590.00, effective August 17, 1931.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out-Date_
NRC-03-80-124 Nathan M. NeWmark 8/18/31 NRC-01 013 Indiana Univ. Foundation 8/17/81 NRC-04-77-063 Harvey W. Graves, Jr.
8/17/31 NRC-04-76-332 Science Applications, Inc.
8/17/81 NRC-04-77-058 Nathan M. Newmark.
8/17/31 NRC-19-81-494 Dr. James Kelley 8/14/81 NRC-01-81-008 Dr. Marvin Goldman 8/18/S1 AT(49-24)-0038 Project Softward & Develop.
~8/18/81 Inc.
NRC-10-81-393 Mr. A. H. Maller
'8/20/31 NRC-05-79-267 U. S. Army Eng. Waterwayr 8/20/81 ENCLOSURE A e n -
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DIVISION OF SECURITY WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 Ooeration DIALOGUE A member of the Division of Security attended a one-day training course entitled " Operation DIALOGUE," conducted by the Defense Intelligence School of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Senior officials of DIA, speakers at the course, raised the issue and concerns of U.S. technology transfer to foreign countries. Much of the transfer results from the contact U.S. persons have (particularly scientific and technical people) with foreign visitors and foreign students and the more or less unrestricted access foreign officials have in this country to U.S. people.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22, 1981 NUREG-0799 The NRC 'as,recently issued NUREG-0799, " Draft Criteria for Praparation of Emer ;ncy Operating Procedures," for public comment.
This document was preparec in response-to the TMI Task Action Plan and is based upon infor-mation gathered in a staff review of the literature, relevant centractor
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reports, and staff experience with the pilot monitoring of Emer Operating Procedures'(EOPs) for Near. Term Operating Licensees. gency In addition to providing detailed guidance ~on preparing E0Ps, the document
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- i. encourages participation by a wide range of plant personnel in the preparation of technical guidelines and plant specific E0Ps, and recommends training and upgrading of the requalification program to ensure operator familiarity with the new procedures..
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N. 5. SAVANNAH An amendment to the N. S. SAVANNAH Possessio'n dnly License was issued on ~
August 14, 1981 to allow the ship' to be used as a museum at the Patriots Point Maritime and Naval Museum at Charleston /ht. Pleasant, South Carolinay
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The Patriots Point Development Authority, an agency of the State of South Carolina, is now a co-lfcensee with the U., S. Maritime Administration.
The N. S. SAYANNAH reactor has been shutdown sin.ce Jiovember 1970. All 1,
fusi, primary and seccndary water and radioacti9e resins have been removed -
from the ship.
Most of the residual activity is in the activated reac't'or vessel and reactor internals which are located inside the shielded r.eactor containment vessel.
Technical Specifications establish requirements for.
access control and monitoring.
MEETING NOTIFICATION 1.
There will be a meeting with INP0 from -9:15 to 12:30 on August 25, 1981-to discuss numerous human factors programs.
The contact is D. Beckham, NRR.
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There will be a meeting with the GE Owners Group at 8:30 on August to discuss the status of contr 26, 1981 and the groups survey program.ol room design review eva'uation criteria The conthet is 5. Weiss, NRR.
ENCLOSURE B
NRC THI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of August 16 - 22, 1981 :
Plant Status Core Cooling Mode:
Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS)
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.t Available Core Cooling Modes:
Decay heat removal systems.
Long tens cooling "B" (once through steam generator-B).
RCS Pressure Coni.rol Mode: Standby pressure control (SPC) system.
S'ackup Pressure Control Modes:
Mini decay heat removal (HDHR) system.
Decay heat removal (DHR) system.
j Major Parameters (as of 0500. August 21,1981) (approximate values)
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Average Incore Thennocouples: 118'F Maximum :ncore Thermocouple:
140*F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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73*F 75'F (2) 74*F 75'F RCS Pressure:
94 psig Reactor Building:
Temperature:
73*F Water level:
Elevation 290.95 ft. (8.45 ft. from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure:
-1.1 psig Concentration: 4.9 x 10-5 uC1/ml Kr-85
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Effluent and Environmental (Radiological) Infonnation_
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Liquid effluents from the 'IMI site released to the Susquehanna River after '
processing, were made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with HRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement dated February 27, 1980.
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During the period August 14, 1981 through August 20, 1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point although individual effluent sourt.es which originated within Unit 2 contained minute amounts of radiorctivity.
Calculations-indicate that less than 7
25 millionths (0.000025) of a curie of tritius was discharged.
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Environmental Protection Acency (EPA) Environmentat Data. Results from EPA monitoring of the environment around the TM1 site were as follows :
The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pC1/m ) at several 3
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Observation Center 26 Middletown 26 Yorkhaven 19 All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be background levels.
No radiation above normally occurring background levels was detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period'from August 12', 1981, thrcugh August 20, 1981.
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NRC Environmental Data._ Results from NRC monitoring of the environment
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The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
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Licensee Radioactiv_e Material and Radwaste Shioments.
9, On Monday, August 17,1981, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to Babcock and Wilcox (BE(), lynchburg, j
Yirginia.
On Monday, August 17,1981, one 6' x 6' EPICOR-I dewatered resin liner (liner P-8) from Unit 1 was shipped to Chem-
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.O On Wednesday,'kugust 19,1981, one 6' x 6' EPICOR-I dewatered resin liner (liner P-1) from Unit 1 was shipped to Chem-I Nuclear Systems Incorporated, Barnwell, South Carolina.
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On Friday, August 21, 1 981, two liittman steel liners containing Unit 1 solidified evaporator bottoms were shipped to U.S.
.f Ecology, Richland, Washington.
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On Friday, August 21, 1981, one drum containing samples taken during recent Unit 2 reactor building entries was shipped to
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Major Activities
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submerced Demineralizer System.
The outage to incorporate minor system modifications is continuing.
Staging and processing of reactor building sump water is expected to start during the first half of September 1981 after a trial period of processing inter-mediate water to verify that the systen is functional.
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Reactor Building Entry and Purce.
The fifteenth entry into the Unit 2 reactor building (RB) is scheduled for Thursday, August.27,1981.
A total of fifteen men will enter the building in staggered intervals commencing at approximately 9:00 a.m.
It is expected that all assigned tasks will be completed by 2:00 p.m. on the same day.
The tasks assigned for the fifteenth entry are listed below:
Portatie gamma spectrometer measurement of floor deposition on the 305 feet elevation floor i.
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Instrement removal for accident related data aquisition
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The pre-entry RB ptirge sequence has been changed to reduce the ambient te=perature inside the RS by purging at night to take advantage of the cooler night air.
For the entry on August 27th,
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Krypton 85 is the only major radioisotope released
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Conservatively Reported Kryoton 85 Releases.
Ove'r the past three conths the licensee has reported small quantities (s 1 curie / day) 3.
plant stack of Krypton 85 being released to the environment via thr:and the on the effluent radiation monitors.
These apparent releases were well within the regulatory limits and were reported as real because there was no explanation as to why the monitors indicated cetectable readings. Preliminary analysis indicated a rossible association with a temperature elution mechanism.of Kt pton 85 during hot However, a highly sophisticated grab ambient temperature days.
sampling system, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, which provides ~ greater sensitivity, indicated that the actual krypton release was approximately one, hundredth of the arrantThe licensee is cur
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evaluating the gaseous monitors to determine their sensitivity and response to temperature changes.
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On Friday, August 28, 1931, l.ake Barrett will meet with the Middletown mothers to discuss the Unit I ad.T.inistrative hearing process and t
the Unit 2 cleanup;.
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tar:iination of TMI Unit 2, will meet from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at
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This meeting will be open for public observation.
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3 On Tuesday, September 1.1981, Lake Barrett will address the York Rotary Club to give an. update on the decontamination and cleanup efforts at TMI.
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4 ee OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending August'21,1981 Rule on Physical Protection of Category II Material In Transit e
',A revised version of the Part 73 rule concerned with additional measures for
' physical protection of Category II material intransit is being prepared.
The rule, which has been published for public comment, will be published in effec-tive form following Commission approval.
The staff has received final letters from interested parties commenting on the rule.
Rule on Advance Notification of Governors A revised version of the Part 73 rule dealing with Advance Notification of Governors of Shipments of Spent Fuel has been ' circulated for office concurrence.
The rule, which has undergone a round of public comment, will be published in effective form following Commission approval.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement l
l The IAEA conducted safeguards inspections at the Trojan Nuclear Plant on August 10,11, and 12; the Exxon Fuel Fabrication Plant on August 12,13, and 14; and the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station on August 17 and 18.
During these visits, IAEA surveillance cameras were installed at both reactor sites.
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audit.
International Safeguards Training Course Division of Safeguards representatives attended the interagency steering com-mittee meeting on August 13.to develop the prospectus, course syllabus and schedule for the next Nuclear Nonpoliferation Act training course covering international safeguards for research and power reactors, and associated spent fuel storage.
The course will be open to foreign candidates from IAEA Member States, with preference given to developing countries. The course will be held primarily at Santa Fe/L d Alamos, New Mexico on March 15-30, 1982.
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Meetinas - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.
Subj ect.:
Meeting of the Committee on Emergency Planning of the Council of State Radiation Control Program Directors regarding comments and suggestions on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Upgraded Emergency Preparedness for Certain Fuel Cycle and Materials Licensees, 46 FR 29712.
Date/ Time:
August 2S-27 Location:
Montgomery, Alabama Attendees:
Fred Fisher (FC), Michael Jamgochian (RES),
Various State Radiation Control Program Directors
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Subject:
Visit to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to observe licensed operations and discuss questions on license renewal with licensee representatives.
Date/ Time:
August 26 Location:
Troy, NY Attendees:
Bernice Kosla (FC), Robert Ryan (RPI) 3.
Subject:
Attend meeting of American Chemical Society and presenting paper in New York.
Date/ Time:
August 27-28 Location:
New York Attendees:
Richard E. Cunningham (FC) 4.
Subject:
Advisory Committee for the Medical Uses of Isotopes meeting.
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August 31 Location:
Chicago, IL Attendees:
Richard E. Cunningham (Chairman, FC), various staff members from the ML3, Committee members 5.
Subject:
Inspection of Babcock & Wilcox Commarcial Nuclear Fuel Plant (CNFP), facility during review of CNFP license renewal application.
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August 31 - September 4 Location:
Lynchburg, VA Attendees:
N. Ketzlach (FC), G. P. Coryell (Region II, IE)
CNFP:
D. W. Zeff (Manager, Health-Safety &
Licensing) and R. A. Alto (Plant Manager)
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Subject:
Meeting with Society of Nuclear Medicine and American College of. Radiology regarding Medical Misadministration.
Date/ Time:
September 1 Location:
Chicago, IL Attendees:
Richard E. Cunningham 7.
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Review of Babcock & Wilcox, Naval Nuclear Fuel Division (NNFD) planned operation of Modified Fuel Process (MFP) Amendment application for operation under review by NMSS.
Date/ Time:
September 2 Location:
Lynchburg, VA Attendees:
N. Ketzlach (FC), G. P. Coryell (Region I, IE),
NNFD:
R. A. Cordani (Nuclear Safety and Licensing Officer) and H.H. McClanahan (Manager, Nuclear Katerials Control)
ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard E. Cunningham - August 26 - September 1 Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - August 31 - September 2 (Performance Review Board Meeting Hunt Valley, MD)
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O Meetings ' Division of Waste Management 1.
Subject:
Turnover of Operations from UNC to SKM Date/ Time:
August 25 e
Location:
Willste Building Attendees:
H. Pettangill, WMUR; Morton Ranch Officials 2.
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Discussion of Training on Groundwater Modeling Date/ Time:
August 28 - 10:30-12:00 Location:
Willste Building, 5th Floor Conference Room Attendees:
E. Hawkins, 'R. J. Starmer, D. Widmayer, D. Siefken, WMLL; J. Mercer, GE0TRANS 3.
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Meeting with DOE on Licensing Topical Reports
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September 1 - 10:00 Location:
DOE, Germantown, Room 3458 Attendees:
NMSS staff,'RES staff, and DOE p'ersonnel 4.
Subject:
DOE Comments on NRC Site Characterization Review Standard Format'and. Content Guide Date/ Time:
'Septembe 9:00 Location:
Willste Building, Room 150 Attendees:
NMSS staff, RES staff, and DOE persc nel e
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Meeting with INMM to discuss MC&A amendments for LEU Date:
August 26, 1981, 9:00 a.m.
Location: Willste Bldg., 9th Floor. conference Room Attendees:
Representatives from Division of Safeguards, NMSS Robert Sorenson and others from Safeguards Committee, IKMM
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Meeting with'Mr. Bernard Augustin, Secretary of the Interministerial Committee on Nuclear Security to discuss sabotage protection for nuclear facilities in France Date:
September 4, 1981 Location: H. St., William J. Dircks' office Atten' dees:
William J. Dircks, dC0 Robert'F. Burnett, JG/NMSS Mr. Bernard Augustin, Interministerial Committee on Nuclear Security Mr. Barre, French Embassy
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ASIS :onference Location: New 0.-leans, LA Date:
. A;ugust 31 - September 3, 1981 Attendees:
D. R. Chape11, SG/NMSS Other ASIS members ABSENCES O' THE DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR F
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OFFICE OF 1NSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending August 21, 1981 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the pr at week:
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EN-81-13A Met Lab, Inc. - An Order Imposing Civil Penalties in the amount of $3,JOO was issued to subject licensee on August 14, 1981.
Previously, a Notice of Violation and Propcsed Imposition of Civil Fnalties was issued in the amount of $4,000, based on alleged violatt.s relating to radiation exposure to a radiographer in excess of NRC limits, and failure to have the film badge immediately processed after his pocket dosimeter discharged beyond its range during the conduct of radiograph operations.
Fcur c ther violations not related to the overexposure were also found for w'ich no civil penalties were proposed.
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Mitigation of this item was based on limited management involvement or responsibility for its occurrence.
One other violation not assessed a civil penalty was witndrawn.
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EN-81-26 Mustang Services, Company - A Notice of Violation and Froposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $6,000 was issued to subject licensee on August 21, 1981.
This action was based on alleged violations involving (1) failure to perform c radiation survey during transfer of a source holder from one vehicle to t.nother vehicle, during di6 loss of control of the sealed source in the source holder occurred, resulting in a probable radiat#an e vosure to a member of the general public in excess of NRC limits, and (2) the use of a licensee employee to handle the scarce transfer operation who was not authorized by the license and not cupervised by an authorized user to perTorm the sealed source transfer.
c.
EN-81-27 Jersey Central Power and Light Company - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $80,000 was issued to subject licensee on August 21, 1981.
This action was based on an alleged violation relating to the safety function of the reactor building to suppression chamber vacuum breakers being compromised in that they were unable to fully open as required by the Tech Specs.
Specifically, one vacuum breaker in each line (two parallel lines) was obstructed from fully opening by contractor installed scaffolding from the afternoon of April 16,1981, until 1:25 p.m. on April 18, 1981, during which time primary containment integrity was required.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
a.
PNO-I-81-89 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 - Unusual Event -
Suspected Gaseous Waste Decay Tank Leakage b.
PNO-I-81-90 Haddam Neck Plant - Inadvertent Gaseous Release c.
PNO-I-81-91 Peach Bottom Unit 2 - Unit Shutdown Greater Than 48 Hours d.
PNO-I-81-92 New England Nuclear Corporation - Truck Containing Radioactive Materials Missing e.
PNO-I-81-92/
New England Nuclear - Truck Containing Radioactive Materials Missing (Update)
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PNO-II-81-67 Georgia Power Company Hatch Units 1 and 2 - Altamaha River Level, (PNO-II-81-67).
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PNO-III-81-72 Calumet Testing Services, Inc.
- Hand Exposure h.
PNO-III-81-72A Calumet Testing Services, Inc. - Hand Exposure -
Update i.
PNO-III-81-73 D. C. Cook Units 1 & 2 - Supports and Anchorage of Electrical Equipment Identified As Not Me: ting Seismic Requirements j.
PN0-III-81-73A D. C. Cook Units 1 & 2 - Supports and Anchorage of Electrical Equipment Identified as Not Meeting Seismic Requirements (Update) k.
PN0-III-81-74 tiallinckrodt, Inc. - Possible Ingestion of Iodine-131 Capsule 1.
PNO-TMI-81-017 Three Mile Island, Unit l-Retesting of TMI-l Operators a.
PNS-I-81-17 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 - Missing Handgun n.
PNS-I-81-18 United Nuclear Corporation - Naval Products, Uncasville, Conn. -
Bomb Threat 3.
Other Items a.
Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness:
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3 August 13, 1981 Director, EP, participated in a briefing of the Chairman on licensing and FEMA schedules.
Deputy Director, EP and the Region IV Deputy Director participated in the licensee exit interview for the Arkansas onsite emergency preparedness appraisal.
August 17, 1981
-Onsite emergency preparedness appraisals at Crystal River and Nine Mile Point facilities began.
Director, EP and EPDB staff members particip.ated in a meeting with Illinois Power Company to discuss EOF for Clinton.
August 18, 1981 Exercise at Brunswick terminated.
Onsite/offsite critique took place on the 19th and the joint FEMA /NRC, State and utility critique was held on the 20th.
Chief, EPLB, participated as an observer in the Emergency Preparedness Exercise at Diablo Canyon on 8/19.
August 19, 1981 Director, EP, participated in a meeting with the Chairman, the EDO, and 'the Director of FEMA to discuss schedules for offsite emergency preparedness app.aisals.
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1 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 Analytical Models Branch 1.
Sandia Jet-Load Modellino Procram
'At the request of MSES/RES, AME has reviewed the Sandia Jet-load modelling pro gram. The review concludes that the CSQ code is not suitable to model the extension to 3-D, but rather a simple drag formula with 2-D free-jet calculations already perfomed is adequate. The review also suggests test data to compare the 3-D extended model against.
2.., peactor' Physics Technical Assistance Calculations Discussions were held with CPB/NRR personnel on reactor physics technical assistance calculations they want perfomed in FY 82.
Based on orevious discussions with CPB, AM3 has no funding set aside for this purpose.
c.PS/NRR is preparing three user requests, totalling about 300X. RES
.cnagement will have to decide, upon reviewing these pending requests, whether RES should take over those Technical Assistance tasks and, if so, where the 300K will come fmm.
3.
Proposed Plant Analyzer Pmoram P. Andersen and H. Zuber attended a Seminar on Parametric Compact Simulator organized by I&E. It was stated in the announcement of the seminar that the compact simulator manufactured by SIMUiEC Inc. "has a capability for simulating reactor operations for both BUR and P'n'R; can be customized with minor rodification for a specific plant; has the potential for engineering analysis, training and response center operations".
However after some questioning it became evident that the SIMUTEC simulator-is an effective interactive graphic machine for processing and displaying pre-programed " canned" interaction.
For example, it can calculate natural circulation flow only if the circulation ration is specified-an information it should have calculated had it indeed had an engineering analysis capability.
In stam,ary the SIMUTEC simulator does not.have capability for engineering analysis.
In that respect, it has the same' shortcomings as other simulators on the market today.
Its main attractiveness is the low cost, about $500X for the entire system.
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. Experimental Procrats Branch 1.
BWR TRAC ENR TRAC calculations of TLTA tests with and without ECC performed by the INEL Technical Support Program showed large oscillations in
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' flow, pressure and heat transfer.
other IMEL staff have not shown these oscillations. The source The of the problem has been traced to the ECC boundary condition.
ECC flow was a function pressure in the calculation with the Other calculations used a flow as a function of time.
oscillations.
The technical support program has repeated several seconds of the calculation with a flow versus time boundary condition and verified
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the source of the problem.
INEL model developers have been informed of the source of the problem and will investigate the causes.
2.
BWR FIST INEL is involved in severcl tasks to assist GE with the FIST design.
An audit of the vessel volumes is underway and they are consulting on insulation material.
INEL is also starting a review of instrumentation requirements with input from the code development and assessment programs.
'INEL has also looked at the possibility of running FIST jet pump perfonnanse tests at INEL. The preliminary costs seem high (580-100K).
This area will continue to be evaluated.
BWR FIST Procram Manacement'Grouo (PMG) Meetino A meeting of the BKR FIST PM3 will be held on September 2-3, 1981 in San Jose, California. A review of the ongoing FIST Phase I program will be conducted or September 2,1981 and discussions of the proposed
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FLECHT SEASET.
Westinghouse removed the heater bundle No. 6 from the housing for inspection. Westinghouse reported that only minor bundle distortion was observed.
4.
Semiscale In Test S-NC-5, little effect was found due to injection of non-condensible gas into the two-phase mixture. The greatest effect was a drop in flow rate of roughly of a factor of two (2).
Data analysis is continuing.
Test.5-NC-6 is anticipated on Wednesday, August 19, 1981.
W. Lyon, the Semiscale Program Manager, is in Idaho for technical meetings and detailed revi,ew of the FY 1982 Semiscale Program Plan.
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LOFT Instrumentation installation and calibration, valve repairs and pl, ant codifications are in progress for the next test, L5-1.
This is the first intermediate sized break and is designed to simulate degraded ECC flow (due to assumed break in ECC delivery line) and the low pressure (220 psig) accumulator injection used by Combustion Engineering.
An orifice is being added to the accumulator in.iection line to permit an accumulator change-pressure of 600 osio (for safety resons), and at the same time, provide the reduced flow rate associated with the 220 psig accunulator. The core is expected to partially uncover before being recovered by emergency core coolant.
'A group from the RES Division of Facilities Operation reviewing the
' placement of work in Human Factors visited INEL and toured LOFT this week.
The Quick Look Report for the last LOFT test, the ANO-2 cooldown simulation was issued last week, on schedule.
Fuel Behavior Branch 1.
NUREG-0772 and NUREG-0771 R. Sherry and M. Silberberg (RES) and W. Pasedag (NRR) met with the Commissioners Technical Assistants and with members of the OPE staff to-discuss the rpview conducted by Dr. J. Kelly of the University of Virginia on NUREG-0772 and NUREG-0771*.* The purpose of this review was to inform i
the Technical Assistants of the results of the review and to determine i
if a Commission Meeting on this subject was warranted. As a result of this i
meeting, the Technical Assistants suggested that a Commission Meeting would be useful-because of the continuing irterest in this area and because two of the Commissioners are new. We are awaiting the request from OCM to determine what particular subjects will be covered, what the objectives i
of the meeting are, and to determine necessary RES (and NRR) participants.
UUREG-0772 - Technical Bases for Estimating Fission Product Behavior During LWR Accidents NUREG-0771 - Regulatory Impacts of Nuclear Reactor Accident Source Term Assumptions ENCLOSURE E e,
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. Waste Management Branch 1.
Meetina with Marion D. Hill, August 11, 1981 on Hich-Level and Low-Level Waste Disposal On Tuesday, August li,1981, Marion D. Hill of the United Kingdom's National Radiological Protection Board visited the NRC offices in Silver Spring, MD to discuss various aspects of high-level and low-level waste disposal with personnel from RES and NMSS. Morning discussions were concerned with the proposed regulation (10 CFR 60), and the role of modeling in making safety assessments and licensing decisions concerning the geologic disposal of high-level waste. The afternoon discussions covered similar topics in shallow land
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0FFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor On August 19, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order in which it directed the consolidation of two proceedings; the pro-
.ceeding involving the application for a full-term operating license;
.and the show cause proceeding ordered by the Commission with respect
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to site dewatering and seismic issues.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Herculano Soares of the Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy met with P. Collir:t, NRR, to discuss operator training procedures.
On Tuesday Messrs. Hoshino, Mizuno, Hyakawa, Kijima, and Shiki of various Japanese industry groups met with V. Moore, NRR, to discuss human factors safety in the control room.
On Wednesday Messrs. Delmas and Nogues of the French Ministry of Industry's Of.fice of the Safety of Nuclear Installations (SCSIN) met with V. Goel, J. Muscara, and R. Meyer of RES, and L. Rubenstein of NRR to discuss regulatory guides concerning the primary circuit and supervision of defective fuel assemblies.
On Thursday and Friday, Mr. Hamada, the local representative of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), met with H. Denton, NRR, V. Stello, IE, and J. Lafleur, IP, to introduce his replacement, Mr. Umezu.
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- The following foreign reports were received in IP August 17-21:
(For further infomation contact Eva Szent-Ivany, IP, X27788).
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0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 On August 19, 1981, the Commission received a proposal from Governor Spellman of Washington for the State to enter into an amended agreement with the NRC whereby the NRC would relinquish and the State would assume regulatory authority over uranium and thorium tailings pursuant to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978, as amended.
Items contained in the proposal and certified by the Governor are as follows:
pertinent statutory and regulatory authority, a narrative description of the radiation control program to regult.te uranium mills and mill tailings, identification of personnel resources, functions to be covered during(evaluation of a license application, and organizational
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Order Recardino Petition to Intervene in Philiocines Export (SECY-81-427) js a related oaoer on the Philiocines export license. ) Memo SECY to Dircks, et al, 8/19/81 The Commission deferred affirmation of this item and requested that any pending Comissioner questions on the export license be circulated.
Subsequently, affirmation of the Order was rest.heduled for a Commission meeting on August 20, 1981.
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SECY-81-454 - Issuance of O'rder in TMI-l Restart Proceedino (Adjudicatory Issue) Memo SECY to Dircks, et al, 8/19/81 In a closed session, the Commission, by a vote of 4-0 (Commissioner Gilinsky 3-not available to participate), approved a portion of an Order authorizing NRC staff to issue an amendment to the TMI-l operating license which wili transfer authority to operate the facility to GPU Nuclear.
(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Acting Secretary.)
The Comission requested that the fol'owing language be included as a footnote on page 1 following this ptatement:
"The Atomic Energy Commission (the Commission) having found that'..."
I These findings are virtually of no present significance.
The license authorizing GPU Nuclear to operate TMI, Unit 1, is suspended pending the outcome of the TMI-1 restart proceeding.
That proceeding will determine whether GPU Nuclear is qualified to operate the facility. Issuance of an amendment, dated (to be filled in by staff),
authorizing GPU Nuclear to assume the prior responsibility of Met Ed under the license, is not intended to influence or otherwise prejudice that proceeding.
Subsequently, a meeting was scheduled on August 18, 1981, to discuss the delegation of appellate review authority to an Appeal Board.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1981 A.
SECY-81-449 - NRC Jurisdiction Over Activities in Certain Offshore Waters (Rulemakina Issue) Memo SECY to Dircks, et al, 8/19/81 The Comission, by a vote of 4-0 (Comissioner Gilinsky not participatin approved publication in the Federal Register of a final rule to clari'fy NRC jurisdiction vis-a-vis that of Agreement States over persons performing offshore waters. operations using by-product, source and special nuclear mat (ELD)
(SECYSuspense:
8/28/81)
The Comission requested that:
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the appropriate Congressional comittees be informed of the rule; (OCA/ ELD)
(SECY Suspense:
8/28/81) 2.
Coastal Agreement States, affected licensees and other known interested persons be sent a copy of the notice of final rulemaking by direct mail; (OPA/ ELD)
(SECYSuspense:
8/28/81) 3.
a public announcement be iss~ued when the final rule is filed with the Office of the. Federal Register; and (0PA/ ELD) 4.
the rule be submitted to OMB for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as it may extend an existing reporting requirement into a new area.
(ADMIN)
(SECYSuspense:
8/28/81)
B.
SECY-81-476 - Aooroval Under Section 145b of the Atomic Eneroy Act of 1954, as Amended, for the Employment of Ms. Katherine S. Powell as Administrative Assistant and Ms. Jessica H. Laverty as Staff Counsel to Com:nissioner Thomas M. Roberts and Access to National Security Information and Restricted Data (Policy Issue) Memo SECY to Dircks, et al, 8/19/81 The Comission, by a vote of 4-0 (Comissioner Gilinsky not participating):
1.
determined that the employment of Ms. Powell and Ms. Laverty and permitting them access to National Security Information and Restricted Data is clearly consistent with the national interest; and 2.
based on the above determination, granted Ms. Powell and Ms. Laverty an NRC "Q"-access authorization.
(ADMIN)
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